Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

Mae Street Kidd
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Mae Street Kidd (1909-1999)
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(1849) Frederick Douglass, “On Mexico”
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Vivian Leona Caver (1928- )
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Carl Murphy (1889–1967)

Explore Global African History

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Tripoli, Libya (7th Century BCE- )
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Bussa Rebellion (1816)
Duse Mohamad Ali
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Duse Mohamad Ali (1866-1945)
George Weah
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George Weah (1966- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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African Americans in the Shadow of Mt. Shasta: The Black Community of Weed, California
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“Going South: William Fontaine’s Trip to Virginia, 1948”
Hattie Cantry and Members of the Hotel and Culinary Workers on Strike
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Organized Labor in the 21st Century: The Las Vegas Hotel and Culinary Workers Union Local 226
Kansas Runaway
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“Blazing a Path to Freedom: African Americans and Their White Allies in Bleeding Kansas”

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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